Products

Designed for maximum use for minimal footprint on the environment

Ecodesign

All BIC® products are designed with the environment in mind. Outside design firms have conducted product life cycle studies which showed that the environmental impact of a product is mainly due to its raw material use. BIC’s research and development projects now the include the use of an ecodesign tool helping to reduce the environmental impact - the amount of material used.

BIC uses an ecodesign tool that enables to measuring environmental impacts as far back as the product design phase.

What is a "life cycle" approach? It evaluates all the impacts of the product in each successive phase in its life.

BIC focuses on its packaging: many writing instruments are grouped together in boxes of 50...Most BIC® lighters are sold with no consumer packaging... And the shavers are generally sold in packs of 10!

Furthermore, BIC partners with customers in a program to reduce packaging in weight and volume

BIC puts labels on packaging for its writing range that list the environmental benefits of products. This helps to guide consumers and customers who want to preserve the environment!

BIC also manufactures products using more than 50% recycled materials, like the BIC® Ecolutions™ stationery range!

BIC has begun researching other raw materials, not based on petroleum. One example is the BIC® Ecolutions™ shaver, with a bioplastic handle made of corn!

BIC® products can last even longer, thanks to refill systems!

1 handle and 6 refills sold in the same pack allow for at least 60 days of shaving like the BIC® Easy shaver.

BIC Sport dinghy, O’pen BIC, has been awarded the Étoile du Design for its innovative and eco-conceived design: lightweight in materials and recyclable at the end of its life.